Life-saving detachable deck.



H. SGHERFU.

. LIFE SAVING DETAGHABLE DECK.

APPLICATION PILEDJUNB17,1913.

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IH ll i lll l [Il Hengjf 5? @vi/knew@ H. SCHERM- LIFE sums DBTAGHABLE DECK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1913. 101,336. l Patented June 23, 1914.

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@QU/@awwtf l To all *wh-mit it may concern);l

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l l HENRY sonnnrn, or soUrH-naUKAUNA, wisconsin'.

' Be it known that I, HENRY SGHERFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Kaukauna, in the county of Outagemie and State of Wisconsin, have invented .new and usefuljlmprovements in Life-Saving Detachable' Decks, of which the followwith referenceto the provision of a detachas a means injs a specification.

his invention relates toimprovementsin 4ships and other vessels and especially able 'and -buoyant deck which ordinarily serves as a hurricane or u per deck on a ship or other vessel and Whicliis adapted to be detached therefrom end caused tofloat in the event that the vessel houldy sink, and thus enable the detachable vdeck to bejuse the construction, combinationv and arrange. mentor devcesvnhereinafter ,described and claimed. l

In the accompanying drawingr-flgure 1 is an elevation o f avesselprovided with an upper, detachable buo ant structed in accordance wit my invention.

` Fig. 2.is a plan of thesame..l Fig. Bis a' versel=1whichfs herelsh wn as. a steaai'ashipv tical sectional viewl 'ofthe -upperfsortion of. the samel and offthe buoyant-A 80.

deck. Figs. land `5 are detail views.

In accordancegwith invention, the veswith' horses 2 that Arise fromxits is provided sides or bulwarks-'and which serve to supe. .eport my improved'detachable buoyant upper l.deck 3 at a'suitable distance above the main 'deckfl'of the vessel. y' i lMyl detachable'- vdeck .may correspond in' width with the vessel or subaaminiy Soeur vas here shown andy my .is of'less length than the vessel lso that it ter` minates `short of the'bow an'd stern. @Its front and rear ends are rovided with a rail 5 which extends around its ends.

opening 6 large enough to substantially clear the smoke stacks 7 -of the vessel and the said Opening is also railedas-at 8.

My improved detachable andV buoyant deck comprises atop or truedeck9 and .bottom 10 and side and Aend'vvalls 11.. The

frames 12 ""of m'y improved detachable and buoyant deck are preferably of open con- I s struction and made of steel Vand a steel netover the tops of the said frames and the deck work or oraminous lfabric 13 is stretched LIFE-savino nn'rAcnanLE nnen.

l i i Specidcatlon of Letters Patent. Appleman med :une 17, 191s. serial 110.774,154.

for savingl the` lives of l persons on the vessel, the invention `cons1st1ng 1n the, latter .from .which the deck is used should be on re. deck, con# `My improved detachable and 'tapered end` deck is also preferably .motor 18.for drivi`ng the propeller at leastetachablel `of the vicinity of the sinking ship when the deck has been detached therefrom. .The

preferably rounded fOrdinarily, improved deck 3 is.

' The deck 3 is provided with an' .use of the detachable andbuoyant deck nec Patented June es, 1914..

.y -.ortop 9, which is preferably made of galvanized sheet iron or other like material, is

placed on thc network 13 and riveted to the rames 12 through the net work, the latter portions above the spaces. between the said frames 12 Aand prevent the. top, or.,dec k 9' from bein `injured by persons standing or..

walkingt ereon. This construction of the r improved deck makes the" same exceedingly strong light, considering its size and prevents the deck from 'making the vessel top'heavy'. IThe sides and bottom of the improved deck are also preferably made cf sheet or. plate iron or 'steel of suitablethickness and are pro` vided on their outer sides `withstrips 14 of iron or the like and also with an outer `covering of asbestos as at 15,' air space being thus .formed between the asbestos outer covering or armorand the sides and bottomv o the detachable zandl buoyant deck to protectheat, aswhen the vvessel on provided withaf nud.- der as itt-16, a propeller 1'?v and a suitable a sufficient length of time to get the deck out deckinay be provided with suitable hatches 18. and compartments 19.

The deck a is provided a the beaomsvah heyond'the sides of the deck and are adapted to restinnotches er sockets 21 the upper Y vsides of the. supporting horses-or stanchions c5 .vided {with' pivoted catches 22. havingopen 2. .T horses or stanchions are also prof ingsto receive the ends of the said beams. I these catches will be kept'in en#4 gagementwith the beams' to locktle latter andthe deckon' the' stanchions or horses and .thus keep the -deck sec\1rely 'fastened above ltheyessel l.and prevented-from' working looseduring storms or in roughweather but in the event of a disaster whichlmakestheV essary the catches 22 will be cast oil from the beams so that should the vessel sink the deck 3 with the persons thereon wouldz' `continue to -iioat'and thus enable the lives of the shipsjcompany to hesaved.

I I claimt-'- f "L v 1. VA vessel having stanchions extending' serving to support the deck o r vtop 49 at the 6.0

crossbear'ns' 2O the ends of which project upwardly from the sides thereof, said stan- 2. A detachable and buoyant deck strucchiensA having recesses in their upper ends, ture foruse on vessels and provided with a and a buoyant deck having cross beams at fire resisting armor spaced from its bottom its bottom, the ends of which cross beams nd sides. f project beyond the sides 'of said buoyant In testimony whereof I a'x my signature deck and rest in the'recesses of the stanin presence of two Witnesses ebions so that the buoyant deck is supported in elevated position upon the vessel by the stencbons and cross beams, and means to -VVtnessesz' detacbably secure sald cross beams to the JOHN KOEHNE, stanchlon.

WM. M. FEILE. 

